Ep. 531: Overlanding Full-Time with the Family Revisited - Luisa & Graeme Bell
Adventure Sports Podcast
Curt Linville
4.6 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 13 June 2019
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
Five years ago Luisa and Graeme Bell, along with their kids, Keelan and Jessica, set out to explore the African continent via Overland vehicle. After that epic journey, it only took a few days of being home in South Africa to realize that they needed to continue their adventure.
So they put their existing lives aside, purchased a 2009 Land Rover Defender 130, and outfitted it for full-time living. Then the roaming began.
Their travels have taken them around the African continent nearly twice, up through South and Central America, and winding them through the United States, Canada, and Alaska.
We've caught up with them while they are house sitting in Baja Mexico. Listen in to hear how they do it and what experiences they've had so far!
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| 0:00.0 | And for three days, we just cruise down the Amazon River and down along the tributaries and to actually lie in my roof tent, which I'd bought in South Africa, to lie there and look the window and just watch the trees, the jungle go by, to see the little villages and just watch it all. |
| 0:14.5 | And you just be on that Amazon River. To me, that was mind-blowing. That was the best three days of my life. |
| 0:23.6 | This is the Adventure Sports podcast, where we talk to athletes, adventurers, and business owners from around the world of adventure sports. |
| 0:31.8 | Whether you're climbing Mount Everest, starting a bike shop, or getting up off your couch to take your kids hiking for the first time. |
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| 0:57.3 | Hey, Adventure Sports podcast listeners. |
| 1:11.5 | I hope you're having a good week so far. |
| 1:13.8 | Today's episode is with the Bell family. |
| 1:16.8 | It's from a few years ago. |
| 1:18.9 | Thursdays are throwback Thursday episodes. |
| 1:21.9 | And this one was hosted by Travis. |
| 1:24.1 | And, you know, it's something that I definitely hope is in my future. |
| 1:27.4 | And that's overlanding in my future and that's |
| 1:27.7 | overlanding with my family which is basically traveling in a vehicle that can handle off |
| 1:34.2 | road but handle on road and you travel full time maybe driving across a continent or driving around |
| 1:41.1 | the world like this family's doing and yeah it's really awesome i think it's a crazy |
| 1:46.9 | cool way to live your life and they definitely have some amazing experiences i'm looking at a |
| 1:52.5 | picture right now of uh graham the father graham bell at machi picho in a wetsuit with like snorkel gear on, so I have no idea what's going on there. |
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